"Happy" "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day, to all who celebrate
Adrian Howard
@adrianhoward.com
Drinks less coffee than people expect. Enjoys helping people solve problems in the messy cross-disciplinary spaces where strategy, research, & delivery overlap. Does coaching with senior practitioners & leaders. adrianhoward.com | quietstars.com/coaching
"We accidentally on purpose set poor safety parameters for our test, allowing our powerful AI (that you should totally fund) to 'escape' and create marketing opportunities via publicity"
Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · 6d agooh fuck me we're in THIS timeline ALREADY?
obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo
Yes — you can find important sounding voices who say LLMs are conscious & we're only months away from AGI/a singularity/whatever. Just like you can find scientists who loudly reject human-induced climate change. They don't reflect the opinion of the _vast_ majority of experts in the field.
An industry of 3 (two Professionals and a single Apprentice) according to the Heritage #Crafts list. 👇 heritagecrafts.org.uk/craft/parchm...
Parchment and vellum making - Heritage Crafts
Charity that promotes, safeguards and celebrates heritage craft skills in the UK
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The Heraldry Society@theheraldrysociety.bsky.social · 5d agoA notice from The Heraldry Society concerning William Cowley the UK's last commercial parchment and vellum maker.
"Supergirl" is a really fun movie. Ignore the reviews. That is all.
I've apparently made an "AI" forum on Reddit very angry www.reddit.com/r/accelerate...
From the accelerate community on Reddit: What is wrong with science fiction writers?
Explore this post and more from the accelerate community
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Thanks to everybody who came to last week's #BalancedTeam session. We talked about: * avoiding "ask an LLM" mindsets * product management without JIRA * balancing individual & team recognition * @loudowne.bsky.social's book "Bad Services" (good.services/badservicesb...) (1/3)
My boiling hot take on this is that, if tech companies are going to fund this kind of research (looking at Schmidt too), then the money needs to be given *no strings* to an independent arm's length research body, pooled with other funding, and treated as a donation not as direct funding.
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d agoAnthropic AI research fund offers $5m - $30m for social science research on themes of AI impact on workers; transition initiatives; income support; building worker stakes; and wider evidence on public investments. Total fund of $200m available www.anthropic.com/news/economi...
Spotted on Tumblr (in the Ominous Signs dep’t…) https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/823549170995560448?source=share
Well… at least the procrastination got me to work through a shit load of overdue chores today :-)
2018 post about “Work is not life” acuity.design/if-everythin... as government again turns education into skills training. Work as the only purpose of being alive and the only defining factor of learning. Work as central to discussions of wellbeing and self-worth.
A good short thread of the big four consultancies going through the simple process of someone ...checks notes... reading their reports properly. Reminds me of that WSJ/McKinsey Metaverse report (are we making trillions yet?)
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt’s especially funny the KPMG report was called ‘Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI’ which they certainly sought to do! www.ft.com/content/b382...
I see the coolest shit in my dreams and cell phone ALWAYS malfunctions when I try to take photos. 😆
And, again: golf courses and flat lawns and monocropping agribusiness practices are ALSO BAD. *More Than One Thing Can Be Bad*!
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · last wk."Even if the number of data centers increases tenfold, we may still end up using less water on artificial intelligence than we use [to water our lawns/golf courses]." Hi, quick question: the hyperscalers are planning to spend like $7 trillion building datacenters. It that a lot or a little?
Fuck off, Adobe. I need to know this shit, not pretend to know it.
open/closed-weight models discourse weirdly starting to feel like the "yeah, but you need to use the gold-plated connectors and the premium cables to really get the richness from the LLM"
Do you ever think about how Sam Altman has never, not once in his life, run a profitable business? Because I think about that all the time. THIS is who we're allowing to drag the global economy to the brink of collapse.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
Can highly recommend Adrian...
Adrian Howard@adrianhoward.com · last wk.<grits teeth and does some #selfPromo> :-) Hey folks — I’ve currently got a few coaching slots free! So, if you’re a leader or senior practitioner working in the messy cross-functional spaces where strategy, delivery, and research overlap, why not see how I can help 👇🏻 quietstars.com/coaching/
Dear all funeral homes everywhere in the known universe: please do not put pop-up ads on your obituaries. Just don't.
A curse on the folk who design herb packaging where the opening is too small for a teaspoon.
<grits teeth and does some #selfPromo> :-) Hey folks — I’ve currently got a few coaching slots free! So, if you’re a leader or senior practitioner working in the messy cross-functional spaces where strategy, delivery, and research overlap, why not see how I can help 👇🏻 quietstars.com/coaching/
Personal 1-1 Coaching with Adrian Howard — Quietstars
You're having problems managing complex cross-disciplinary product development. You want work to be fun and productive again. I can help get you unstuck.
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Husband is doing the @cruk-mi.bsky.social 10 pull ups a day challenge in August and making it extra spicy by adding 100 press-ups a day. Hoping to raise £1k - www.justgiving.com/page/alex-cu...
Alex's fundraiser for Cancer Research UK
Help Alex Cummings raise money to support Cancer Research UK
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The rare bit of good traffic safety news. Backup cameras work, and have meaningfully reduced severe injuries among kids under 5 years old caused by backovers. We can argue that cars are too big in the first place, limiting visibility, but this is good tech.
Jalopnik@jalopnik.bsky.social · last wk.Backup cameras have been required on new vehicles for the better part of the decade, but are they making a difference? Let's look at the stats.